Author of an Operation

[peterg12345]

Is there any way to examine the author of an operation? I know there is an Author property at the Class level, but in our case, we are going to have different users add Operations to the same class and there is no way to see who added an operation.

TiA

[Eve]

Since there isn't an author field, you have three options that I can currently think of, possibly more.

Add a tagged value to each operation for the author.  If you look at http://www.sparxsystems.com/uml_tool_guide/sdk_for_enterprise_architect/predefinedreferencedata.html you can even have a drop list to select from.  Of course the down side is that users will not always add the tagged value.

You could also put the author into the notes.  It may be easier because the notes are there when you create the operation.

For something completely different, if you have auditing enabled then you could select an operation and see who originally created it.  But auditing has plenty of disadvantages too.

[peterg12345]

I tried the Auditing capablility, but I am looking more from a user interface standpoint. I thought of your suggestion to add the user name to the Notes section. The tag value is something I will investigate.

Thanks for your suggestions,

Pete